CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- A day off work for many in Central Illinois is also a day to celebrate hard work. Labor Day is the mark of summer coming to a close -- but it's also a time for Champaign County's annual Labor Day Parade.

The streets were packed with people and so was the parade lineup. Champaign County businesses, school bands, union workers and even the Marching Illini got involved.

"It's a celebration of everything labor. It's all the years of hard work and struggles to give people a good living and happy, safe lives," Ironworkers Local 380 union worker, Erik Davis, said.

The streets were filled with people as the annual Labor Day Parade in Champaign County kicked off around 11 a.m. on Monday.

There were some people who had attended the parade for many years, and even four-l

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